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To: sickoflibs; griswold3; Wolfie
Another one for some would be that blacks are arrested for attacking whites at 10 times the rate of the opposite, so obviously the law is racist and unfair.

I missed your point with this comparison. We are talking about verdicts delivered for any individual trial and the justification for jury nullification based on the misuse, misapplied, or bad law as applied by the state.

I am guessing you are trying to introduce the OJ Simpson verdict (or a bad verdict all together based on social justice influence). A jury is presented with some diabolical social injustice as a reason for doubt and therefore a moral verdict is erroneously reached?

22 posted on 01/23/2014 11:04:03 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
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To: Tenacious 1; griswold3; Wolfie
RE :”Another one for some would be that blacks are arrested for attacking whites at 10 times the rate of the opposite, so obviously the law is racist and unfair.
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I missed your point with this comparison. We are talking about verdicts delivered for any individual trial and the justification for jury nullification based on the misuse, misapplied, or bad law as applied by the state.”

We are talking about jurors being informed that its OK for them to vote not-guilty even when they know that the defendant is-guilty, just because they disagree with the law.

And if more of their race are convicted of that law than the others, well it must be an unjust law in their view, they nullify it.

Too bad if the victim was your family

25 posted on 01/23/2014 11:15:05 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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